Editing Lower Shabelle

{{Short description|Region in Somalia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Lower Shabelle
| native_name              = <small>''Shibelithy Hoosy''<br>''Shabeellaha Hoose''</small><br><small> شبيلي السفلى </small>
| other_name               = Basso Scebeli
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = 
| settlement_type          = [[Administrative divisions of Somalia|Region]]
| image_skyline            = 
| imagesize                = 
| image_caption            = The [[Merca]] beachside.
| image_flag               = Flag of South West State of Somalia.svg
| image_seal               = 
| image_shield             = Southwest somalia emblem.jpg
| image_map                = Somalia_regions_map_Shabeellaha_Hoose.svg
| mapsize                  = 250px
| map_caption              = Location in Somalia
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = {{flag|Somalia}}
| subdivision_type1        = [[States and regions of Somalia|Regional State]]
| subdivision_name1        = {{Flagicon image|Flag of South West State of Somalia.svg}} [[South West State of Somalia|South West]]
| seat_type                = Capital
| seat                     = [[Merca]]
| government_type          = Federal State
| leader_title             = Governor
| leader_name              = Mohamed Ibrahim Barre<ref name="Etfdre">{{cite web|title=News in Brief, 21st March 2014|url=http://www.ethioembassy.org.uk/news_archive/A%20Week%20in%20the%20Horn%2021.03.14.pdf|publisher=Embassy of The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia|access-date=11 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714120646/http://www.ethioembassy.org.uk/news_archive/A%20Week%20in%20the%20Horn%2021.03.14.pdf|archive-date=14 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| established_title        = 
| established_date         = 
| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 25,285 
| population_as_of         = 2019<ref>{{Cite web |title=Somalia: Subdivision and cities |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/somalia/|access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref>
| population_note          = 
| population_total         = 1,218,700
| population_density_km2   = auto
| timezone                 = [[East Africa Time|EAT]]
| utc_offset               = +3
| coordinates              = {{coord|1|46|6|N|44|23|24|E|region:SO-SH_type:adm1st|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_m              = 
| elevation_ft             = 
| iso_code                 = [[ISO 3166-2:SO|SO-SH]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:SO | title = ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions | publisher = International Organization for Standardization (ISO) | access-date = 3 February 2025}}</ref>
| postal_code_type         = 
| postal_code              = 
| area_code                = 
| blank_name_sec2          = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2021)
| blank_info_sec2          = 0.323<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}}</ref><br/>{{color|#500|low}} · [[List of regions of Somalia by Human Development Index|10th of 18]]
| website                  = 
| footnotes                = 
}}

'''Lower Shabelle''' ({{langx|so|Shabeellaha Hoose}},<ref>[http://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ GeoNames Search]</ref> {{langx|ymm|Shibelithy Hoosy}}, {{langx|ar|شبيلي السفلى}}, {{langx|it|Basso Scebeli}}) is an administrative region (''[[Administrative divisions of Somalia|gobol]]'') in southern [[Somalia]].<ref name="Cwfsom">{{cite web|title=Somalia|work=The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|location=Langley, Virginia|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/somalia/|access-date=6 December 2013}}</ref>

==Geography==
Lower Shabelle is bordered by the regions of [[Banaadir]], [[Middle Shabelle]] (Shabeellaha Dhexe), [[Hiran, Somalia|Hiran]], [[Bay, Somalia|Bay]], [[Middle Jubba]] (Jubbada Dhexe) and by the Somali Sea. It is named after the [[Shebelle River]], which passes through it.

Until 1984, when the regions were reassigned, it was part of the larger [[Benadir]] region and its capital was [[Mogadishu]]. [[Merca]] is now the Lower Shabelle capital.

==Districts==
Lower Shabelle Region is divided into nineteen districts:
* [[Merca|Merca Minicipality]] 
* [[Afgooye District]]
* [[Barawa District]]
* Kurtunwarrey District
* [[gondershe|Jilib Merca District]]
* [[Merca|Danaane District]]
* [[Merca|Gondershe District]]
* [[Merca|Ceeljaalle District]]
* Lambar District
* [[Qoriyoley District|Qoryooley District]]
* [[Sablale District|Sablaale District]]
* [[Wanlaweyn District]]
* [[Awdheegle|Awdheegle District]]
* [[Mubaarak|Mubaarak District]]
* [[Merca|Bariire District]]
* [[Janale|Jannaale District]]
* [[Merca| Shalambood District]]
* [[Merca|Buul Golweyn District]]
* [[Buulo Mareer|Buulo Marer District]]

==Major cities==

Major cities include 
*[[Merca]]
*[[Afgooye]]
*[[Elasha Biyaha]]
*[[Qoryoley]]
*[[Barawa]]
*[[Awdheegle]]
*[[Wanlaweyn]]
*[[Sablale]]
*[[Janaale|Jannaale]]
*[[Mubaarak]]
*[[Buulo Mareer]]
*[[Gobanle]]
* [[Gondershe|Jilib Merca]]
*[[Kunyo Barrow]]
*[[Daarusalaam|Daarusalam]]

==Violence in Golweyn==
On 30 July 2017, an [[AMISOM]] convoy was [[2017 Golweyn ambush|ambushed]] by [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|al-Shabaab]] insurgents, killing and wounding several [[Uganda People's Defence Force|Ugandan soldiers]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Somalia: Military convoy targeted in roadside bomb attack in Lower Shabelle |url=https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/somalia-military-convoy-targeted-in-roadside-bomb-attack-in-lower-shabelle |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=Garowe Online |language=en}}</ref>

Eight children were killed and dozens were wounded when a bomb exploded in Golweyn on 31 January 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=Somalia's al-Shabab rebels attack hotel in the capital city |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/somalias-al-shabab-rebels-attack-hotel-capital-city-75596874|access-date=31 January 2021 |work=ABC News |date=31 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/121024_Administrative_Map_Lower_Shabelle_A4.pdf Administrative map of Lower Shabelle]

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